# Malcolm in the Middle series finale 5/14 (spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-in-the-middle-series-finale-5-14-spoilers/356758 "2006-05-14T21:45:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ScoobyTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@ScoobyTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScoobyTX)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-in-the-middle-series-finale-5-14-spoilers/356758/21 "2006-05-16T17:02:32Z")
> [@neutron star](#): > > Probably not. Muniz seems to be trying to make the leap to the big screen in [what will probably be an atrociously bad teen sex comedy](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/comments/?entryid=322864): _Malcolm Got Fingered_? ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-in-the-middle-series-finale-5-14-spoilers/356758/22 "2006-05-16T18:18:05Z")
I didn’t realize this was the last episode, but of course I thought it was by the time it was over. All in all, a good episode. Is the MITM episode timeline anywhere near right, should they be graduating already? Dewey’s voice is definitely changing. I guess Jamie still hasn’t said anything? I always thought MITM was a clever, underrated show. I’ll definitely miss it. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-in-the-middle-series-finale-5-14-spoilers/356758/23 "2006-05-17T03:02:02Z")
When it was over I was sort of left thinking, “That’s it?” But only for a moment. It made sense that they would end the show like this, with just a normal episode. No hour-long special, no behind-the-scenes clips, no rambling schmaltzy retrospective. Just a nice, normal episode that happened to wrap up a few loose ends. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-in-the-middle-series-finale-5-14-spoilers/356758/24 "2006-05-17T03:23:19Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Any chance of a spin off? I could see a Malcolm at Harvard show doing ok. Boring. But give me a Reese spin-off? Gold. He is top chef at a swank restaurant. Hilarity ensues. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-in-the-middle-series-finale-5-14-spoilers/356758/25 "2006-05-17T03:24:32Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > I always thought MITM was a clever, underrated show. I’ll definitely miss it. You and me, both. ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-in-the-middle-series-finale-5-14-spoilers/356758/26 "2006-05-22T15:16:19Z")
Just got to see this through the magic of DVR. Great show and I will indeed miss it. I liked the finale and thought it tied up everything fairly well. Resse will never be a chef because no matter how good is culinary skills are he’s just too much of a luanatic to stick with something for very long. Any chance they will release the entire series on DVD? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-in-the-middle-series-finale-5-14-spoilers/356758/27 "2006-05-22T15:34:36Z")
This show is one of our guilty pleasures. We were latecomers, so there is plenty of Malcolm we haven’t seen yet. Bummer that the Real Life Lois and The Guy From The West Wing (married to each other in real life) both got laid off in the same year. ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-in-the-middle-series-finale-5-14-spoilers/356758/28 "2006-05-22T15:37:44Z")
It’s on every night on syndication (at 10:30pm) here in Chicago. I curl up in bed with my WSJ and watch it before hitting the hay. This is one of the few shows I would get on DVD. My only complaint with the finale (minor as it is) is with Craig. They made him out to be a little too effeminate at the end. Otherwise, a nice little send off. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-in-the-middle-series-finale-5-14-spoilers/356758/29 "2006-05-22T16:44:10Z")
Since the hread came back from the depths, I’ll take this opportunity to as ka MITM question- The brunette Krelborne girl that was set up to be a romantic interest for Malcolm years ago… How was she written out of the show? Or did she just disappear like most of the Krelbornes? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-in-the-middle-series-finale-5-14-spoilers/356758/30 "2006-05-22T16:47:45Z")
> [@Push You Down](#): > > Since the hread came back from the depths, I’ll take this opportunity to as ka MITM question- > > The brunette Krelborne girl that was set up to be a romantic interest for Malcolm years ago… How was she written out of the show? Or did she just disappear like most of the Krelbornes? If you’re talking about Cynthia, I don’t know…except that she’s on the island with the Lost folks these days. I missed this ep! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-in-the-middle-series-finale-5-14-spoilers/356758/31 "2006-05-22T16:57:28Z")
> [@Push You Down](#): > > The brunette Krelborne girl that was set up to be a romantic interest for Malcolm years ago… How was she written out of the show? Or did she just disappear like most of the Krelbornes? She disappeared while most ofthe Krelbornes were still around…moved to Israel, I think. She came back for one episode involving “DD-Day”, which was hilarious. Then she disappeared again. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-in-the-middle-series-finale-5-14-spoilers/356758/32 "2006-05-22T20:19:54Z")
I’m sorry that they dropped the Krelboynes from the show. There were some good characters there. My favourite scene is still either Hal on the roller-skates or Hal and Craig doing the DVR contest. “we’ve lost him Lois, he belongs to everyone now” (or something to that effect). ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-in-the-middle-series-finale-5-14-spoilers/356758/33 "2006-05-22T20:29:26Z")
> [@Lochdale](#): > > My favourite scene is still either Hal on the roller-skates or Hal and Craig doing the DVR contest. Unless there was an episode about the two of them attempting to win a TiVo that I missed, I believe you mean D_D_R contest (Dance Dance Revolution). ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-in-the-middle-series-finale-5-14-spoilers/356758/34 "2006-05-22T20:30:38Z")
Ah yes. Slight typo! Great episode though. Perhaps the comic book store episode merits similar praise? ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-in-the-middle-series-finale-5-14-spoilers/356758/35 "2006-05-22T21:40:37Z")
> [@ScoobyTX](#): > > _Malcolm Got Fingered_? Hmm how long till Muniz ends up doing softcore porn? ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-in-the-middle-series-finale-5-14-spoilers/356758/36 "2006-05-22T22:38:59Z")
I thought he was going to be a race car driver? Let’s hope he saved his money. Both the Mom and Dad might do well (or continue to do well) as character actors. Piama and the eldest son ought to be ok as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-in-the-middle-series-finale-5-14-spoilers/356758.md?page=1)